Relating to FDA2 Mar 2020 16:23
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on "Face the Nation" on Sunday praised FDA's move to course correct on the coronavirus testing, adding: "We're going to have the capacity by the end of this week to diagnose probably 10,000 people a day or screen 10,000 people a day with the public health labs."
But Matt McCarthy of Weill Cornell Hospital in New York told CNBC on Monday morning that he still does not have a test at his fingertips, even as FDA on Saturday issued an EUA to authorize the emergency use of a coronavirus test from the New York State Department of Public Health.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is expected to meet with biopharma industry leaders from Gilead, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi, J&J, Pfizer and others on Monday to discuss their work related to the coronavirus.